- Sharon Holt reported that flytipping problems
were ongoing. Thames Water would remove large items of rubbish but
not the smaller items and their manager would be contacted
regarding this.
(Action: Hugh Fitzwilliams)
If a carriage
driver wished to gain access to bridal pathways they would need to
contact Graham Pockett or e-mail Rights.OfWay@bracknell-forest.gov.uk
. A limited number of carriage drivers were given permission to
access bridal pathways and were given keys. Landowner approval was
required before bridal pathways could be used by carriage
drivers.
- David Putt reported
that Volunteers Day was on 16 June 2010 and Be Heard would be
looking for worthwhile projects. David would forward the details
onto the Forum. It would be useful to have photographers to help
with the marketing. Graham Pockett would be invited to a meeting of
the sub group of the Learning Disability Partnership of Health
Group. There would be a range of activities in 2010 regarding
promoting health. Forum Members were welcome to contribute. Graham
Pockett would suggest ideas for projects at the meeting. BFC
Rangers Kevin or Marie-Anne had worked with volunteers from
Ravenswood and could be contacted regarding project ideas. Projects
may include gardening, well-being and leisure, tennis tasters or
football club.
- Derick Stickler
reported that Warner Bros had been filming Harry Potter on the
Crown Estate again. Natural England had given permission. Funding
would be put back into restoring the SPA and work would start over
the next few weeks. Plantation had been cut down and some land
needed to be reforested but there would be no more filming in the
forest in the foreseeable future. The forest was drier during the
summer and there were fewer complaints. Concerns had been expressed
regarding the condition of the tracks after the film crew had been
in the forest, but Warner Bros had not left any litter. Soil would
need to put down and the tracks made up. South East Water had
returned to undertake some work on the waterline. Completion had
been put back by nine months and they would aim for water to be in
the pipe by the end of May. The Caesar’s Camp project was
going ahead. Timber would go to the saw mill over the next few
weeks. Work would begin on restoring Queen Anne Gulley in August
and the public right of way would possibly be diverted via the car
park at the top of the ridge
- Joe Dodson reported
that the Winkfield footpath, which ran from Crouch Lane to Drift
Road, was becoming waterlogged at the Crouch Lane end as the
landowner had fenced it in. The footpath had been reinstated back
onto the original line on the field and there was no easy solution
to getting rid of the water. It was queried whether the hedging
could be tied back onto the fence in this area and Joe would
discuss this further with Hugh Fitzwilliams. It was felt that the
squeeze stiles were unsightly and it was requested that they be
removed. The stiles were only just within the legal limit and did
not provide good access for less able people.
- Michael Abbott
reported that Mr Geoff Paxton would undertake a three mile walk on
Sunday 28 March at 10.30am starting from the legion car park and
posters advertising the walk had been put up in Winkfield and
Warfield Parishes.
- Councillor Michael
Brossard reported that members could approach Neighbourhood
Action Group Chairmen regarding issues of flytipping and street
cleaning as this was a useful route to tackling problem areas.
Councillor Brossard had undertaken a walk at Sandhurst Memorial
Park with Linda Lunn of the Bracknell Forest Society. The Hawkswood
Conservationists would bend the willow over to create fencing in
the 40 yard area on Hitch Lane in Sandhurst. A hedge parallel to
and at the other end of the river would be restored, coppiced and
re-laid to generate a strong hedge.